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Curriculum Multistate Effort Brings 'Open' Content to Broad Audience
The K-12 OER Collaborative is supporting the creation of open educational resources, which can be built upon by educators as well as for-profit and nonprofit entities.
Sean Cavanagh, June 9, 2015
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Curriculum N.Y. 'Open' Education Effort Draws Users Nationwide
A free online library of instructional materials created in New York state to align with the common-core standards has generated a vast audience.
Sean Cavanagh, June 9, 2015
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Law & Courts News in Brief Text Publishers Lose in Copyright Case
The U.S. Supreme Court last week issued a decision on copyright law that dealt a defeat to educational publishers but eased the fears of teachers and libraries over the use of books published overseas.
Mark Walsh, March 26, 2013
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Law & Courts Justices Rule Against Publishers in Textbook Copyright Case
A U.S. Supreme Court decision dealt a defeat to educational publishers, but eased the fears of teachers and libraries over the use of books published overseas.
Mark Walsh, March 19, 2013
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Law & Courts Board Proposes Copyrighting Work By Students, Teachers
One Maryland county is considering a measure that proposes to copyright student- and teacher-created work, reports The Washington Post.
Francesca Duffy, February 6, 2013
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Law & Courts News in Brief Supreme Court Weighs Text Copyright Case
The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a copyright case with potential implications for educational publishers, librarians, teachers, and students.
Mark Walsh, November 6, 2012
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Law & Courts Justices Weigh Copyright Issues in Textbook Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a copyright case with potential implications for educational publishers, librarians, teachers, and students.
Mark Walsh, October 29, 2012
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Law & Courts News in Brief Copyright Guidance Offered for Teachers
The American Library Association has released the "Complete Copyright for K-12 Librarians and Educators," after a survey that found a dearth of guidance on the topic.
Catherine Gewertz, September 11, 2012
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Curriculum Guide Aims to Help Teachers Navigate Copyright Law
A new guide from the American Library Association aims to help teachers stay on the right side of copyright law when using instructional materials.
Catherine Gewertz, September 5, 2012
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Law & Courts K-12 Copyright Guide Released
The American Library Association released a new copyright guide today that is geared specifically to the K-12 community.
Catherine A. Cardno, August 31, 2012
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Law & Courts Rethinking Digital Copyright Laws
Last week's changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act could have implications for both higher education and K-12 teachers and students.
Katie Ash, August 3, 2010
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Law & Courts Copyright for the Digital Age
As I learned from my story about open content licensing, there's a lot of confusion on the part of both teachers and students about copyright law. The Internet in particular has made copyright even more difficult to figure out, since it's so easy to copy information, pictures, music, and other forms of multimedia, whether it's legal or not.
Katie Ash, February 25, 2009
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Curriculum Fair-Use Help for Internet on Its Way
Media experts have drafted guidelines to help teachers and students grasp the legal issues they say have unnecessarily restricted the use of online resources.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, November 11, 2008
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IT Infrastructure & Management Open-Content Licensing
As the movement for "open" education resources continues to grow, encouraging educators to share online curricula and materials­ for free, it's become vital for ed-tech leaders and classroom teachers to understand the different types of licenses that make the process legal and safe.
Katie Ash, July 23, 2008
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